After 10 years of painstaking operation in Finland, Mannerheim has already formed a complete system of fortifications.

This defensive line, on which the Finnish military has high hopes, consists of three defensive strips with a depth of about 90 kilometers.

Among them, each defense zone relies on natural obstacles such as swamps and lakes, and 670 permanent launch fortifications and civil and wooden firepower points are built along the natural danger zone.

In addition, there are nearly 800 underground bunkers, which are communicated by trenches and communication trenches to further strengthen the defensive line.

In front of the main defensive zone, the Finnish army, at the suggestion of German instructors, set up a depth support zone ranging from 20~60 kilometers. In the support zone in front of these main defensive areas, the Finnish army extensively set up anti-tank and anti-infantry mines, and built anti-tank piles, anti-tank trenches and anti-tank cliffs.

For Finland, which lacked armored forces, these were necessary preparations to counter Soviet tanks.

However, this could only protect the area behind the Mannerheim Line. In the blank space between the Mannerheim Line and the Soviet-Finnish border, the Finnish army, which had no support and was absolutely inferior in numbers, was no match for the Soviet 7th Army, which had 7 infantry divisions, 1 tank corps and 2 tank brigades.

In order to clear the wilderness, the Finnish people near the border area have already evacuated in an orderly manner. But who knows, even so, the massacre still happened.......

The targets of the massacre were not civilians, but more than 400 wounded in 2 field hospitals!

When Simon returned to the camp and saw the telegram about the massacre, his bloodshot eyes were round and his teeth rattled.

In the face of a group of unarmed wounded soldiers, hundreds of medical personnel with scalpels, and Soviet soldiers with weapons in their hands, they were able to do anything to these helpless personnel!

In Simon's mind, the hellish scene slowly emerged. The wounded soldiers, who were already bandaged and their clothes were torn, were helplessly shot and wailed by the intruding soldiers. The medical staff's white uniforms, red from the blood holes, turned into cold corpses and lay on the ground.

"Remo! Jeffrey! Simon called the names of his two teammates: "Pack up your things and go with me to do a big deal!" ”

Simon's vote was actually an order sent by telegram: in a week's time, a high-level Soviet delegation would travel from China to the Bęchenga region of Finland. The telegram ordered the 3rd Army, to which Simon's squad belonged, to select a lean sniper squad to secretly ambush and snipe senior Soviet officers on the way.

Since the Soviet inspection team must also have strict protection measures, in order not to startle the snake, the Finnish army had to send a sniper team to ensure secrecy.

Although the telegram stated that the squad would be equipped with new, better weapons. But after all, there is only a squad of 3 guns, not to mention the guards on the Soviet side, even the officers of those inspection missions, relying on self-defense pistols are not only this firepower.

Seeing such a crazy mission, Simon also knew that the above did not have much hope for this operation. The idea of using a small detachment to rob and kill a high-ranking Soviet officer who was heavily protected is simply unrealistic, even if it is a long-range sniper!

It's not in a city, where various buildings have countless covers, and you can find a chance to get close and kill with one hit.

This is the front line of field warfare, and the distance between the two sides is measured in kilometers, and it is difficult to aim twice if you miss a hit!

Assassination here, with light weapons, there is simply no chance, with artillery is even more exposed at the first move, and Soviet artillery can be covered in no time. All you can count on is a sniper rifle.

Moreover, the officers of the Soviet inspection mission did not go too far to the front-line trenches, they went to the front-line command with protection. It is basically impossible to count on a move on the front line!

There was only one way, to infiltrate and ambush the convoy of the Soviet observer group going to the front at close range.

However, this makes it even more dangerous!

Even if this is a bet on exchanging a sniper squad for a senior officer of a Soviet observer group, the odds of winning the bet are not high, and the sniper squad involved in this gamble will die regardless of whether they win or lose, which is really not a very attractive task.

If it weren't for the introduction at the front of the telegram and the inhuman massacre, Simon might have really asked to give up.

But now, he just lightly handed the telegram to the two team members to circulate, then picked up the night vision device put aside, and said to the big man in charge of the food: "Weiss, put the gun away for me." ”

Turning around, Simon raised an eyebrow at the German scientist: "Let's go, take me to see the new toys you have prepared." ”

So, Simon put away the message and followed the scientist with Remo and Jewini behind a railing guarded by two German instructors.

After lifting the huge white tent that sat here, Simon saw a large box in the center of the tent. The crate, painted with a white eagle marking, seems to be a bit different from the usual arms crates. But what exactly is different, Simon can't say.

The people around him are basically his acquaintances. There were their former captains, there were people from the command of the supply points, and there were chief instructors from Germany......

The idlers and others have not been seen, and most of them have been driven away.

As for the people who are here now, most of them are looking forward to it, probably waiting for him to open the box. And the scientist with the rank of major who wore glasses made a gesture of please.

Simon was not pretentious, squatted down, opened the lock and lifted the lid directly.

"Smack!" As the lid of the box opened, a strangely shaped rifle appeared in everyone's sight.

In short, the first impression of everyone after reading it is that the barrel is very long, and the volume is larger than that of common rifles, which seems to be not very powerful.

Another thing that impressed everyone was the enlarged version of the scope, which was a full circle more than Simon's previous scope.

However, the difference that everyone feels the most is that the entire box only contains such a gun, and it is not densely stuffed with rifles like ordinary arms boxes. And the anti-collision material in the box is not the common straw or shredded paper, it should be made of artificial sponge, made according to the outline of the rifle, and placed on the inside, and the shockproof effect is absolutely first-class.

As the future owner of this gun, after looking closely, Simon didn't see anything famous.

After all, he was just a hunter before he joined the army, and it was right to have a gun like a god, but it would be embarrassing to let him design weapons, so he turned his attention to the poker-faced scientist who seemed to be the most educated here.

Feeling Simon's gaze, the scientist smiled slightly, leaned over and took out the gun from the gun case, first held it in his arms and showed it to everyone, and then explained professionally:

"This is Mauser's latest test gun, and it's designed with one thing in mind: precision. The body of the gun has a specially made weighted barrel and is chrome-plated on the inner chamber. There are no protrusions on the notched barrel, and the whole thing is floating, not connected to the handguard, only screwed at the rear, which successfully ensures ballistic consistency. ”

As he spoke, Hans pulled out a mark note and gently slipped it into the gap between the barrel and the handguard, all the way to the end.

Then he took out a box of bullets from the corner of the box, unwrapped the oiled paper, and took out a bullet that no one had ever seen.

The smooth brass shell of the bullet body shone golden under the dim oil lamp in the tent, as if it was silently telling how noble he was.

In the amazed eyes of everyone, the scientist smiled proudly: "8.5mm sniper special bullet, this is a high-precision bullet specially developed by the Mauser factory for this gun." The shape of the warhead has been optimized to reduce air resistance, and the enlarged caliber further increases the effective range and lethality, which can achieve a lethal hit at a long distance! ”

The magazine of the gun was removed, and the major scientist pressed the bullets into the magazine one by one.

"As you can see, six rounds."

With that, he loaded the magazine, turned the gun sideways, and pointed to Simon with the inscription on the special scope.

"The 8x optical sight, produced by ZEISS, is also a prototype. You've been exposed to their stuff too, so I don't need to introduce them too much. Anyway, it's all about precision. With the current gun, a good soldier can accurately hit the head of a humanoid target at a distance of 800 meters, and at a distance of 1,000 meters, a bullet can still accurately hit a chest target. If you want to change to a seasoned sniper, your results can be even better! ”

As he spoke, Hans skillfully pulled the bolt and prepared to load....... However, with a "click", the bolt was stuck?!

The scene was very embarrassing for a while......

In the end, Simon played the round, and he quickly took the gun and pulled the bolt to take a look.

"The gun is fine, it's your German gun oil that has a problem, the freezing point is too high, and it is not suitable for the low temperature we have here. In a moment I'll take it apart and re-oil it, and use our own gun oil, or the kind you Führer sold. ”

Hearing this, the scientist touched his hair embarrassedly.

They thought that the gun oil sold by the Führer before was not of good quality, so they took it upon themselves to replace the new gun with a kind of gun oil. Unexpectedly, in fact, it was the head of state who had already taken into account the temperature factor that they ignored, so he chose that kind of gun oil!